My concern about this whole ambulance/CT/tPA combo is that patients will not be fully informed
about the therapy they are going to receive, and specially about the potential harms. Obviously,
this program is pro-tPA and who ever is in the ambulance may not give too much of chance for
informed consent. And my second issue is about the absolute statements this doctor is using. tPA
has not been proven over and over. The NINDS trial has never been replicated and as much as
they want to spin the data, subsequent trials are far from conclusive. I wish we had a better,
safer therapy for this devastating disease, however, with the current evidence we are not there
yet..

This survey is a poll of those who choose to participate and are, therefore, not valid statistical samples, but rather a snapshot of what your colleagues are thinking.

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